Basketball-Reference.com's Player Season Finder and looked at the players (I'll give you the top 25) with the most win shares by the age of 22. Now, this isn’t perfect, as it doesn’t restrict it to the exact birthday of each player –- the data is technically through each player’s 21-year-old season. For example, And now Anthony Davis.
Will any of those guys ever pass Jordan for the best player ever? That’s certainly going to be a hot topic over the next decade. The great part is that we actually have players who make it a conversation.
So, happy birthday Anthony Davis. You’ve had an incredible career so far and we’re lucky that it’s only beginning.